{"id":65419,"date":"2024-01-24T12:14:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T19:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ctl\/?p=65419"},"modified":"2025-12-16T13:06:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:06:24","slug":"february-2023-everyday-teaching-excellence-awardees-anastasia-tracy-radiology-and-megan-dardis-kunz-social-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ctl\/blog\/2024\/01\/24\/february-2023-everyday-teaching-excellence-awardees-anastasia-tracy-radiology-and-megan-dardis-kunz-social-work\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2024 Everyday Teaching Excellence Awardees: Anastasia Tracy (Radiology) and Megan Dardis-Kunz (Social Work)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Center for Teaching and Learning is committed to celebrating and highlighting great teaching at Boise State. No matter how small or large a teaching gesture, project, or effort may be, they all make an impact on our learning community. Starting in 2024, we are recognizing \u201cEveryday Teaching Excellence\u201d in our monthly newsletter. For the first time, join us in congratulating Anastasia Tracy (Radiology) and Megan Dardis-Kunz (Social Work) who have been nominated for their everyday teaching. Here\u2019s some of what the nominators said about them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ctl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2024\/01\/TracyAnastasia.webp\" alt=\"Anastasia Tracy\" class=\"wp-image-65443\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/smirs\/faculty\/\">Anastasia Tracy<\/a> \u201cwas not only given the ominous task when she started as new faculty at Boise State to take the Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS) program over as the new program director, but also move the academic experiences online. Ms. Tracy has not only successfully accomplished this once considered impossible feat, but has now had the new method of delivery via Boise State&#8217;s DMS program approved as the first JRCDMS\/CAAHEP accredited BS DMS program <em>that does not require students to participate in on campus experiences in the United States.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/about\/faculty-staff\/megan-dardis-kunz-lmsw\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1762\" height=\"2269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ctl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2024\/01\/MDK-Headshot-smaller-scaled-e1705626640446.webp\" alt=\"Megan Dardis-Kunz\" class=\"wp-image-65444\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/about\/faculty-staff\/megan-dardis-kunz-lmsw\/\">Megan Dardis-Kunz<\/a> \u201cis a model of what community concern and advocacy looks like for our students, with them often commenting on her passion and commitment to a high level of social justice advocacy in our profession. Professor Dardis-Kunz openly shares examples of her community work with our students, so they can see what we teach them &#8216;in action&#8217;; this modeling is imperative in our area of teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you feeling inspired? Do you want to nominate a colleague or nominate yourself? Learn more about \u201cEveryday Teaching Excellence\u201d recognition on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ctl\/blog\/2023\/12\/04\/a-new-way-to-highlight-good-teaching-everyday-teaching-excellence\/\">Center for Teaching and Learning website<\/a> and submit your nomination by filling out this short <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/DgmykURNhw9APWCR8\">nomination form.<\/a> Have questions about this opportunity? Please email Sarah Lausch at <a href=\"mailto:sarahlausch@boisestate.edu\">sarahlausch@boisestate.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Teaching and Learning is committed to celebrating and highlighting great teaching at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2704,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3051],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recognition"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>February 2024 Everyday Teaching Excellence Awardees: Anastasia Tracy (Radiology) and Megan Dardis-Kunz (Social Work) - CTL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ctl\/blog\/2024\/01\/24\/february-2023-everyday-teaching-excellence-awardees-anastasia-tracy-radiology-and-megan-dardis-kunz-social-work\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"February 2024 Everyday Teaching Excellence Awardees: Anastasia Tracy (Radiology) and Megan Dardis-Kunz (Social Work)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Center for Teaching and Learning is committed to celebrating and highlighting great teaching at...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ctl\/blog\/2024\/01\/24\/february-2023-everyday-teaching-excellence-awardees-anastasia-tracy-radiology-and-megan-dardis-kunz-social-work\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CTL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-24T19:14:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-16T20:06:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ctl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2024\/01\/TracyAnastasia-1200x630.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"annemaiello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"annemaiello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ctl\/blog\/2024\/01\/24\/february-2023-everyday-teaching-excellence-awardees-anastasia-tracy-radiology-and-megan-dardis-kunz-social-work\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ctl\/blog\/2024\/01\/24\/february-2023-everyday-teaching-excellence-awardees-anastasia-tracy-radiology-and-megan-dardis-kunz-social-work\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"annemaiello\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ctl\/#\/schema\/person\/e2196f1af57f088ee856e905eff84878\"},\"headline\":\"February 2024 Everyday Teaching Excellence Awardees: Anastasia Tracy (Radiology) and Megan Dardis-Kunz (Social Work)\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-24T19:14:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-16T20:06:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ctl\/blog\/2024\/01\/24\/february-2023-everyday-teaching-excellence-awardees-anastasia-tracy-radiology-and-megan-dardis-kunz-social-work\/\"},\"wordCount\":313,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ctl\/blog\/2024\/01\/24\/february-2023-everyday-teaching-excellence-awardees-anastasia-tracy-radiology-and-megan-dardis-kunz-social-work\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ctl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2024\/01\/TracyAnastasia.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Recognition\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ctl\/blog\/2024\/01\/24\/february-2023-everyday-teaching-excellence-awardees-anastasia-tracy-radiology-and-megan-dardis-kunz-social-work\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ctl\/blog\/2024\/01\/24\/february-2023-everyday-teaching-excellence-awardees-anastasia-tracy-radiology-and-megan-dardis-kunz-social-work\/\",\"name\":\"February 2024 Everyday Teaching Excellence Awardees: Anastasia Tracy (Radiology) and Megan Dardis-Kunz (Social Work) - 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